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By Ben Musanje The Uganda Law Society (ULS) has demanded the immediate release of National Unity Platform (NUP) Deputy President for Buganda Muhammad Muwanga Kivumbi after he was reportedly arrested by security personnel in Mpigi District on Friday, less than 24 hours after the High Court granted him bail in a terrorism case. The Society described the incident as deeply …

The freshly bailed former Butambala County Member of Parliament Muhammad Muwanga Kivumbi has been picked up in Mpigi District while heading to Kampala.Details surrounding the re-arrest remain unclear and authorities are yet to issue an official statement. However, National Unity Platform lawyer Samuel Muyizzi, who is part of Kivumbi’s defence team, confirmed that the former MP was arrested in Mpigi  …

Masaka City Woman MP Justine Nameere Nsubuga has publicly spoken for the first time since her controversial arrest and detention, distancing herself from Speaker Anita Among’s bid to retain the Speakership in Uganda’s next Parliament. Nameere resurfaced on Sunday evening after disappearing for nearly two days following her dramatic arrest on Friday in Masaka City. Witnesses said heavily armed security …

National Unity Platform (NUP) president Robert Kyagulanyi, also known as Bobi Wine, has strongly condemned the alleged abduction of journalist Arnold Anthony Mukose and called for his immediate release or formal prosecution if any charges exist. Mukose, a journalist attached to Alternative Digitalk Media, was reportedly picked up on Sunday by individuals who identified themselves as security operatives shortly after …

The Uganda Journalists Association (UJA) has issued a strong condemnation following the alleged abduction of journalist Mukose Arnold Anthony, describing the incident as a grave violation of press freedom and human rights in Uganda. In an official press statement released on Sunday, UJA revealed that it had received credible information indicating that Mukose, a journalist attached to DigiTalk Media, was …

KAMPALA — Winnie Byanyima, the wife of jailed opposition politician Kiiza Besigye and Executive Director of Oxfam International, has emphasized that political differences should be resolved through dialogue rather than negotiations aimed at securing the release of political prisoners. Col (Rtd) Dr. Kiiza Besigye in court last year. (Courtesy photo) Byanyima dismissed reports alleging that she had requested negotiations with …

Kampala- Jailed former Principal Accountant in the Office of the Prime Minister, Geoffrey Kazinda, has accused the Attorney General’s office of fraudulently smuggling an appeal before the Supreme Court to block his release from prison. Geoffrey Kazinda (Courtesy photo) Kazinda contends that the appeal challenging his release was filed outside the constitutionally stipulated 60-day timeframe and without an order from …

Male Deogratius 3 seconds ago Latest, National 0 Views Uganda’s veteran opposition figure Dr Kizza Besigye remains in a fragile condition despite showing slight improvement, according to his wife Winnie Byanyima, who visited him at Luzira Maximum Security Prison last Friday. In a statement posted on X, Byanyima said Besigye …

Kampala– The Uganda Muslim Supreme Council (UMSC), through its Islamic Primary Leaving Examination (IPLE) Board, has released the examination results for pupils who sat for the examinations in early December 2025. UMSC officials during the release of the Examination Results According to a report read to a mammoth crowd of registered school directors, headteachers, and parents at an event held …

Five years later, former Principal Accountant in the Office of the Prime Minister, Goeffrey Kazinda remains incarcerated in Luzira Prison over accusations that were quashed by the Constitutional Court. In August 2020, the Constitutional Court stopped Kazinda’s prosecution for all charges linked to his former service as principal accountant in the office of the prime Minister, and the same court …